Plaatje, Sol T. | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Criticism

Furlong, Patrick. Review óf Mafeking Diary: A Black Man's View of a White Man's War. The International Journal of African Historical Studies 23, No. 4 (1990): 733-5.

Review of the 1990 edition of Plaatje's Boer War diary that discusses its subject matter, style, and unusual blend of African and English languages.

Mphahlele, Ezekiel. The African Image. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1962, 240 p.

Contains a brief plot summary of Mhudi, as well as commentary on character, theme, and elements of Bantu oral literature in the novel.

"Life in Mafeking." Times Literary Supplement (30 November 1973): 1472.

Favorable review of the first publication of Plaatje's Boer War diary.

Ward, Colin. "African Classics." Times Educational Supplement (21 August 1987): 16.

Review of a 1986 edition of Native Life in South Africa that describes the book as a "true and...

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